Newstead Locality Plan 2013-2018
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Newstead Locality Plan 2013-2018 Contents Introduction 3 Strategic context 5 Vision 17 Programme 18 Engagement 27 Performance Management 31 2 Introduction In early 2012, Gedling Borough Council reviewed the way that it engaged with communities within the Borough and made some significant changes taking the decision to focus on two priority areas in the Borough, Newstead and Netherfield. This led to the creation of Locality Co-ordinator posts for these two areas, commencing in September 2012. One of the primary responsibilities of the Locality Co-ordinators is the creation of a Locality Plan for their respective areas. This document is Newstead’s Locality Plan. The locality Co-ordinators provide a more intensive and focussed level of engagement in the two specific areas with the overarching objective of tackling disadvantage. By having this focussed resource the Council is better placed to work with partners and access external funding. The Locality Co-ordinators have also dedicated a lot of time to understanding their specific areas and checking that the priorities identified by the research truly reflect the desires and aspirations of our residents and councillors and to bring about real change. Newstead was chosen by Gedling Borough Council as an area requiring focus because it suffers from deprivation with challenges around health, the built environment and access to jobs and training. There is more detail about these challenges in the plan. Newstead benefits from having a Parish Plan that was adopted in 2008 and runs for ten years. The Parish Plan is delivered by a local organisation, Future Newstead which is a partnership of all the community groups and key organisations with a role in Newstead. The Locality Co-ordinator is working closely with Future Newstead and there is a close relationship between the Parish Plan and this Locality Plan. In order to develop the themes, priorities and actions contained within this Locality Plan, the Locality Co-ordinator carried out research into the area, reviewing key data such as the Census, health and crime data and consultation that had previously taken place as well as carrying out some direct consultation with the community, Youth Club and Primary School children. Further details about the analysis are contained within the Strategic Context Section whilst details about the consultation events are contained within the Engagement Section. The themes are as follows: Children and Young People Crime and Community Safety Economic Well-being Environment and Housing Health and Well-being The aims and actions for each theme are detailed in the Vision and Programme Sections. Within the Programme Section there is also information about partner activity in Newstead with details of committed spend. The Locality Co-ordinator will monitor these commitments and hold partner organisations to account. 3 Performance Management is particularly important to ensure that the Locality Plan and its’ Action Plan are being delivered, aims are being addressed and the outcomes are being achieved with details about how we will do this within the Performance Management Section. There are also details of how we will evaluate the Locality Plan. 4 Strategic context Newstead is a small village in Nottinghamshire, situated between Hucknall and Annesley in the Borough of Gedling. The village is accessed from Hucknall/Newstead Road, which is connected to the A611 Annesley/Derby Road at two junctions that are well signposted. The village has it own platform for the Robin Hood train line between Worksop and Nottingham and is within three miles of Junction 27 of the M1 so there are good transport links although the bus route into the village is limited. There are also potential issues in the winter as the buses do not leave the A611 in really bad weather and the trains do not run, effectively cutting the village off. Newstead is surrounded by forests, farmland, Hollinwell Golf Club, Newstead Abbey Park and Newstead and Annesley Country Park and therefore benefits from being in an attractive rural location. There is a small Post Office / shop but the takeaway and Station Hotel public house have both recently closed. Newstead Centre, which was developed from the original Miners Welfare provides a meeting place for local groups and organisations and operates a café Monday to Friday 9am until 2pm. Other facilities include St Mary's Church and the Newstead Youth Club. Newstead Primary and Nursery School provides education for the younger children in the village whilst secondary schools are accessed in Hucknall and Kirkby, both within Ashfield.The Pre-school Learning Alliance manage Newstead Childcare which is an established childcare service providing full and part time sessions for babies and young children aged 0 to 11 years. The Childrens Centre run by Sure Start is based in the same building and provides a range of activities, courses and events for predominantly the under 5s and their families. (From April 2013, the Government requires Sure Start to provide 5 services for the under 12’s, increasing the number of children that can benefit from their services, however it is expected that the under 5s will remain their primary focus.) Citizens Advice Bureau provides a drop in advice service on Tuesday afternoons at the Newstead Centre. Newstead also benefits from a range of facilities. Gedling Borough Council provides football and cricket pitches on the playing fields over the railway line. There is also a Pavillion which provides basic facilities such as changing rooms and showers. Adjacent to the playing fields is an area of woodland also owned by Gedling Borough Council, known locally as Vicarage Corner. Gedling Borough Council has also provided a play area and Skate Park in the village although the young people would like the Skate Park extending. There is also a Multi Use Games Area. Newstead is a former coal mining village, and was previously called Newstead Colliery Village. Lord Byron, the poet, lived at nearby Newstead Abbey and the parish is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys. Newstead Colliery Village was created to provide homes for workers at the nearby Newstead Colliery, which operated between 1874 and 1987. Hazelford Way Industrial Estate was built in the early 1990s and is home to several large companies including Bunches, Badgemaster; and Leivers and Millership. Newstead Village is recognised as a deprived area by the Organisations providing services to it; however it sits within a wider affluent area including Newstead Abbey Park and the villages of Papplewick and Linby, which disguises the real challenges when conducting analysis of ward level data. The County ward also includes Ravenshead. Newstead in Borough Ward Map Newstead in County Ward Map 6 Fortunately, Census data is available by output area of which there are four in Newstead village which does provide some more useful data, although this is only collected every ten years with 2011 being the most recent. The map below shows the village breakdown. 7 The total population of the four output areas as well as the village, the ward and comparator areas are shown in the table below. 8 Table: Total population (Census 2011) 27 28 29 30 Newstead Newstead Gedling East England Midlands Output Areas Village Ward Borough Region Country All 312 241 337 292 1,182 2,300 785,802 53,012,456 113,543 Males 150 111 174 144 579 1,155 386,722 26,069,148 55,348 Females 162 130 163 148 603 1,145 399,080 26,943,308 58,195 This clearly shows that the ward population is virtually double the village population which means that ward data doesn’t always give an accurate reflection of the village. The table below shows the population by age for the four output areas as well as the whole village, ward and comparator areas. The table shows the number and percentage for the selected area and the percentage for the comparator areas. Table: Total population by age (Census 2011) 27 28 29 30 Newstead Newstead Gedling East England Midlands Output Areas Village Ward Borough Region Country Age 0 to 4 9 (28) 5 (12) 5 (17) 7.2 (21) 6.6 (78) 5.6 (129) 5.7 6 6.3 Age 5 to 9 8.3 (26) 3.7 (9) 3.3 (11) 4.5 (13) 5 (59) 4.5 (103) 5.3 5.4 5.6 Age 10 to 14 8 (25) 5 (12) 7.1 (24) 5.8 (17) 6.6 (78) 6 (138) 5.8 5.8 5.8 Age 15 to 19 7 (22) 6.7 (16) 6.9 (23) 9.6 (28) 7.5 (89) 7.4 (171) 6 6.5 6.3 Age 20 to 24 6.1 (19) 5.8 (14) 5.6 (19) 5.8 (17) 5.9 (69) 5.8 (133) 5.3 6.8 6.8 Age 25 to 29 7.4 (23) 7.9 (19) 6.5 (22) 6.5 (19) 7 (83) 4.7 (109) 5.5 6.1 6.9 Age 30 to 44 26.6 (83) 17 (41) 24.9 (84) 17.1 (50) 22 (258) 19.1 (440) 19.9 19.8 20.6 Age 45 to 59 17.6 (55) 19.1 (46) 22.3 (75) 20.9 (61) 20 (237) 22.9 (527) 21.3 20 19.4 Age 60 to 64 5.1 (16) 8.7 (21) 4.5 (15) 7.9 (23) 6.3 (75) 7.3 (169) 6.8 6.4 6 Age 65 to 74 3.5 (11) 10 (24) 9.2 (31) 9.9 (29) 8 (95) 9.9 (228) 9.8 9.1 8.6 Age 75 to 84 1.3 (4) 8.7 (21) 2.1 (7) 3.4 (10) 3.5 (42) 4.5 (103) 6.3 5.7 5.5 Age 85 to 89 0 2.1 (5) 0.9 (3) 0.3 (1) 0.8 (9) 1 (23) 1.7 1.5 1.5 Age 90 + 0 0.4 (1) 1.8 (6) 1 (3) 0.8 (10) 1.2 (27) 0.7 0.7 0.8 This shows that the population by age profile of the village largely reflects the profile of the ward and other comparator areas.